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Lead, Professional Learning & Development

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Faria Education Group
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-16
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Professional Development, Training Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Faria Education Group empowers schools and learners worldwide with integrated, intelligent, human-centered technology and learning solutions that makes education better in every sense. Our connected tools streamline school operations, enhance teaching, enable personalized learning, and support data-informed decisions through AI-powered insights. With decades of experience and a global outlook, we tailor solutions to local needs, helping schools, educators, and families thrive.

The Faria Learn team provides professional learning to schools, districts and educational networks across the globe. Through virtual, on-site and asynchronous courses the team develops and facilitates the content in partnership with schools. The role Lead, Professional Learning & Development is an individual contributor role on the team that provides strategic leadership for a portfolio of professional learning experiences. This role shapes how our professional learning is designed, facilitated, and continuously improved by leading through expertise, collaboration, and influence.

Lead, Professional Learning & Development works closely with our clients and internal teams to design and deliver high-impact professional learning experiences that are research-aligned, responsive to client needs, and supportive of long-term adoption and success across Faria products and services.

What You’ll Do
  • Lead the design, facilitation, and continuous improvement of a portfolio of professional learning offerings, ensuring instructional quality, coherence, and impact
  • Partner with clients (schools and educational organizations) to plan and deliver professional learning aligned to system goals, using a consultative approach grounded in research and data
  • Own professional learning engagements from proposal through delivery, coordinating timelines, content, and collaborators
  • Collaborate across Product, Implementation, Sales Enablement, and Client Experience teams to align learning design, delivery, and messaging
  • Design and facilitate complex or nuanced professional learning sessions for diverse audiences
  • Use feedback, outcomes, and implementation data to drive improvement across content and facilitation practices
  • Establish shared facilitation and instructional design norms that support consistency and scalability
  • Communicate insights and recommendations that inform future learning strategy and program evolution
About You
  • You lead through expertise and influence, not authority
  • You are comfortable owning complex work independently and collaborating across teams
  • You thrive in virtual and in-person client-facing environments and adapt well to changing contexts
  • You think systemically about learning, facilitation, and long-term impact
  • You value instructional quality, equity, and meaningful professional learning
Requirements
  • 8+ years of experience in education, professional learning, instructional leadership, or a related field
  • International Baccalaureate experience whether through teaching or as a coordinator
  • Proven ability to work, plan, and execute professional learning engagements independently as well as collaboratively
  • Demonstrated success working with mid- to large-sized districts or school networks
  • Strong grounding in adult learning theory, instructional design, and facilitation best practices
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally
  • Ability to analyze feedback and impact data to inform strategic decisions
  • Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work across multiple global time zones, supporting international teams and clients outside of U.S. business hours when needed
  • U.S. driver’s license and Passport
  • Ability to travel frequently (approximately 40-50% over the course of the year), with travel varying by season and client needs
Why you’ll love this role
  • You’ll lead through influence. Shape learning strategy and quality
  • You’ll stay close to the work. This is a hands-on, client-facing role with visible impact
  • You’ll work port complex systems, products, and learning engagements
  • You’ll collaborate broadly. Partner across teams to align learning with organizational priorities
  • You’ll continue to grow. Strengthen your facilitation,…
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